Mental Hemorrhoids

I don't hear from her much from her. But when I get a phone call or an IM, more often than, she has some new problem to worry and whine about.

This friend of mine has a life that a lot of people would envy. An attractive woman who has a lovely home and drives nice cars. She's married to a very nice and sweet man who's a scion from a wealthy family, but also happens to earn a good living as a professional. He earns well enough so she can stay at home and concentrate on raising her kids, and still have plenty to spare to sample things that a lot of people cannot afford to have.

My net worth isn't probably even half of hers, but when we talk, you'd think the world was crashing on her. She hasn't even gone through the many things that I have had to endure in my life and yet I'm so much more positive about life than she is. I keep reminding her how she has led a seemingly charmed life and that many people are worse off than her - that she has to count her blessings. It's like talking to a brick wall. When I say that, her responses tell me that she thinks she's just way above those ordinary people that are supposedly worse off than her that it's something I shouldn't even say. And I may be wrong, but there's also this gut feeling that I have been trying to ignore. Sometimes, I also feel that she just complains in order to rub it in that she has more than me and most people. Di ko ma-explain, but those who have experienced it will know what I mean.

She likes to wallow in her pity party and constantly sends me an invitation. I've tried so hard to be a good sounding board and lift her up, each and every time. I can honestly say I've been a great friend but I think I'm going to be available less and less. Nakakapagod na kasi, 'noh!